'Chat is coming....' She whispered, as the wave engulfed every player around them, tearing their flesh from their bones in a fierce inferno of non elemental fury. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by Nibin on Today at 20:06:44

Nibin gasped. "No! It cannot be..."

((Dern... I have to go soon. Stupid 9:00 curfew...)) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by Psy on Today at 20:07:02

Laughs and gates out, the powers of light aginst dark, almost like the old days. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by Espiritus on Today at 20:07:03

'Chat is coming....' She whispered, as the wave engulfed every player around them, tearing their flesh from their bones in a fierce inferno of non elemental fury. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by Nibin on Today at 20:06:44

Nibin gasped. "No! It cannot be..."

((Dern... I have to go soon. Stupid 9:00 curfew...)) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by Psy on Today at 20:07:02

Laughs and gates out, the powers of light aginst dark, almost like the old days. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by Espiritus on Today at 20:07:03

<Quickly sheathing his blades, he flips upward and into midair, unsheathing his blades in time enough to fly past Ophelia and strike across her neck. He recovers in a tumble, raising his blades and preparing every parry power he has as he rallies for the next strike.> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by KeSsHoU on Today at 20:07:24

She vanished in a swirl of black mist...'Find her, Ophelia...' --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by Espiritus on Today at 20:08:10

Ap Repth! I will not die so easily...

<Roque's flesh regenerates itself under the onslaught, falling off and recovering as the healing spell battles against the energy> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by KuReeJii on Today at 20:08:36

"Nooo....she's gone..."She said when Kesshou disappeared.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by Ophelia on Today at 20:08:40

She screamed in pain and the power wavered. Ophelia thrust all her energy into renewing the spell, Chat was coming, she couldn't fail now... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by Nibin on Today at 20:08:43

"Not running... far from running... I will station myself here for the night. Kureejii, Roque, use my powers. Combine myself to yourself. My power goes to those who are light!" Nibins power split between the two. "I wish you the greatest fortune."

Nibin froze in her stance. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by Espiritus on Today at 20:09:38

<Falls to the ground, breathing rapidly, as Kesshou gates out; he is badly wounded and his body is scorched, his shirt all but burned away, but his blades still intact. Oscurito is steaming a little from having absorbed so much fire.>

Is everyone else all right? --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by KuReeJii on Today at 20:10:18

"thank you nibin." She said with the small light puffy thing that appeard in front of her. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by Aurelai on Today at 20:10:21

In a flurry of black glitter, Nekoko was there, her eyes dead, glitching, flinching.... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by Nibin on Today at 20:11:12

Nibin unfroze.

She began to issue her super healing powers on Roque, Kureejii, and finally herself. When they were all well, her staff dissappeared. "So they have returned... this is not the end. I bid you goodnight... and when this continues, we shall protect each other..."

She turned around and say nekoko. Terror stricked her when she saw those dead like eyes."Roque...the worst have just begun." --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by Espiritus on Today at 20:11:46

<Roque marches onward against Ophelia's renewed spell, constantly healing himself with the infusion of Nibin's power. His eyes, burning green against the energy from Ophelia, reflect a sparkling light as he constantly heals himself.>

I... will... not... fall... yet!

<Roque thrusts Lucido with one strong, powerful stroke clear through Ophelia's neck, and her energy blast begins to fade.> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by Ophelia on Today at 20:12:26

"I'll not be forgotten so easily!" she shrieked, the iridescent waves of power building.

She saw Nekoko. Everything went still. Ophelia looked... happy.

The power exploded in a howling wave, washing over the field and everything in it but their two figures, ripping at the very fabric of The World. Lady Kesshou was gone, but she'd given Ophelia enough power to... one last time... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by Aurelai on Today at 20:12:58

"Ophelia..." she hissed slightly, briefly, just before a spiral of blood shot up around the girl in black... It splashed back to the earth, and standing there was a hopeless looking little wretch of a thing, a small catgirl, was that what she was? With one arm hanging down lower than the other and tattered clothes covering her small form, she was quite a sight to see... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by Espiritus on Today at 20:13:32

<Gritting his teeth and still regenerating his health, Roque brings Oscurito up and over Ophelia, stabbing downards through her head, as he pours his strength and skill into forcing the blades deeper, clear through her, twisting them>

Fall... fall... and be reborn into the person you once were! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by Ophelia on Today at 20:13:33

In the same instant, she gasped and went limp as Roque's attack went through her. Ophelia fell, no voice to whisper a healing spell, collapsing on the ground like a cast-off doll.

She mouthed the Chat's name.

It would have to be enough. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by Aurelai on Today at 20:14:53

Aurelai's eyes widened, her mouth trembling, she was too late to save her Ophelia... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by Ophelia on Today at 20:15:45

She smiled up through a blood-filled throat. 'I knew you'd come...' There was no sound, only Ophelia's mouth forming the words in a distorted parody of a human mouth. Ophelia closed her eyes and knew she was dying. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by Aurelai on Today at 20:16:15

But it was not yet too late to take revenge...

She gritted her teeth, her huge fangs glinting in the moonlight, and the little girl growled...it was low at first, and quite quiet, but it grew to a deafening roar. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by Espiritus on Today at 20:16:16

<Roque stands, sheathing his blades>

Lucido... Oscurito... be not afraid. We shall stand together... we shall fall together...

<He plants Lucido blade-first into the ground, kneels before it, and folds his hands together once more>

I say words not of resentment for Ophelia, but words of kindness. I will fight the evil that has claimed her, so long as my blood flows. I will free her, now and forever. I say this not as a prayer, but as a decision. That I may guide myself in truth, that I may not fall prey to evil. That I may help The World. That I may help its people. So it shall be done. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by Aurelai on Today at 20:17:37

"What have you done to my Ophelia!" she roared, rushing up to him and grabbing him with her longer arm. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by KuReeJii on Today at 20:17:42

"ophelia...i hope you come back to what you where." She said now turning her concentration on aurelai. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by Ophelia on Today at 20:17:52

Her body dissolved in the mist, blood and all, silvery... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by Espiritus on Today at 20:18:02

<Roque stands and retrieves his blade, facing Aurelai, and brings it up and downwards again in a salute>

I suppose you are the last of this trio... I regret having to interfere, but I would not stand for a good player to be corrupted.

<Lucido begins glowing>

I am not yet defeated. Attack me if you must. If you feel it will bring Ophelia back. It will not. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by KuReeJii on Today at 20:18:26

"let go of him." She wacked aurelai with her staff. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by Aurelai on Today at 20:19:19

Aurelai looked to the side where she had been hit, glaring dead eyes at Kureejii and pounced on her, bashing her head to the ground. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by Espiritus on Today at 20:19:39

Do you want to fight me? Will it really accomplish anything? Or do you want to avenge her... to destroy that which made her who she was, and to reclaim your friend? --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by KuReeJii on Today at 20:20:20

"now get off me." She held her hand at her face and a burst of light flashed infront of her face. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by Aurelai on Today at 20:21:04

Aurelai jumped back and hissed at the burst of light, creating a darkness orb in her left hand. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by Espiritus on Today at 20:21:06

Aurelai... a moment ago you were Nekoko. You had nothing to do with this. You have a chance to return yourself, to fight the evil within you, and to never feel such pain of being controlled again... you will have Ophelia back if you return to yourself... and trust me...

<Sheathes both his blades and extends his arms>

Here. I am now unarmed. Attack me if you wish. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by Aurelai on Today at 20:22:11

((darn, dad has question about something, back in a sec -_-; way to ruin the dramatic tension x_x; )) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by Espiritus on Today at 20:22:24

Aurelai. I just threw my life upon someone I considered my enemy. I did so for my friends. I would do so for you gladly if you needed such a friend. The choice is yours. So are the consequences... negative... and positive.

((Gee, can anyone tell that I've seen Return of the King recently? -_-)) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by Ophelia on Today at 20:22:43

A low, slithering sound emanated from the ground. The chilly water of the field condensed, formed something heavier. The mists moved in, swirling around like veils or animals hidden in shadows.

There was something there, a form in the haze. It lay laxly, one arm drifting in the ankle-high water, its head turned to the side. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by KuReeJii on Today at 20:23:01

"Roque don't do it." She said hoping he knew what he was doing. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by Aurelai on Today at 20:24:53

((backness o.o; Oh, and that was a good movie ^^;; ))

She spun the orb on her index finger, gathering more energy.... A crimson tear fell down her face.

"You killed my Ophelia..."

((Even though she just gated back in...XD )) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by Espiritus on Today at 20:25:52

<Turns and smiles at Kureejii> I have been fortunate to help my friends. It is all that I can ever really do. If I am to die by trying to help a friend, then I shall die... but as I've said repeatedly, I will never fall so easily... I shall not stand to die, but stand to defend... to help...

<Looks over his shoulder at the mists>

And rest assured, I may be weakened, but you are reforming from death... unless you reform to the old Ophelia, I will stand against you once more. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by Ophelia on Today at 20:27:14

A quiet, low moan drifted out along the cold breeze. The form shifted and rose once more, echoing its previous transformation.

Ophelia blinked. "Aurelai..." her words were slurred, a now-familiar growl. Her still-silver eyes focussed on the girl.

Would you not kill those who would kill your friends? As you prepare to kill me for doing so, do you not fight for your friends as well? Wouldn't you fight for your friends as they were... before they would so easily kill you and everyone else on the field- your friends included? Would you help your TRUE friends, or simply the false friends that the evil surrounding you have generated?

Attack me if you must... or join me, and I will protect you. The choice, once again, is yours. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by Psy on Today at 20:27:37

Gates back in to watch yet again, bored with nothing to do. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by Aurelai on Today at 20:27:38

Aurelai fell down upon Kureejii, hand on her face... She fired a darkness shard, shattering it in her skull.

((Of course, if you don't want that to have killed you, that's okay ^^;;;;; )) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by Espiritus on Today at 20:28:51

Ophelia! Your mistress is not here. You are a free being... don't you remember freedom? Your own choices, decisions, your own wants and desires? You are no tool! Aurelai, you deserve your truest freedom! Ophelia, you deserve your old self! Return to your true form! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by Psy on Today at 20:29:45

"I--" Ophelia licked her lips delicately, movements somehow foxlike. She stumbled over closer to Aurelai without turning from the others, her many layers of veils dragging in the water. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by KuReeJii on Today at 20:29:58

Her eyes went dull and it had no pupils. Her face went pale. She could felt the shard go deep into her head. It was strong, but she was fighting it. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by Espiritus on Today at 20:30:05

Her face went to normal and her eyes went back to normal. "thanks roque."She said gettting up rubbing her head. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by Espiritus on Today at 20:31:56

If you have a quarrel, let it be with me, both of you... and I still await your decisions. Will you not remember joy, friendship, and truth? Will you not refuse the enslavement of darkness? Or will you turn your back on who you both were- no, on who you both ARE under all those demonic traps and chains? --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by Aurelai on Today at 20:33:23

"Enslavement...?" the little girl hissed behind dead eyes. "It is no enslavement..." She traced an odd symbol in the air in black and grey...

((Though I must say, you did write that well.)) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by Psy on Today at 20:33:48

Speaks up loudly enough to be heard. "Roque, don't you think she's made her decision?" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by Ophelia on Today at 20:34:32

"I--" she tried again, her animal's growl almost pleading. "I know joy. We are... loyal to one another... As in days of old. There is truth--a kind that you do not know. I d-do not care about ideals. I c-care about... them. They are my sisters, my... protectors, m-my allies. We do not desert one another..." Ophelia coughed harshly. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by Kuria on Today at 20:35:02

Kuria logs in and runs over. "Kyah! I came as fast as I could, Roque-kun!" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by Aurelai on Today at 20:35:29

From every direction, screws, bolts, chains pelted against Roque's body, blood spattering into the water. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by Aurelai on Today at 20:36:13

"Yes, joy and loyalty...." she whispered, smiling a bit at her love's voice...Ophelia, the name whispered across her soul... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by KuReeJii on Today at 20:36:23

"roque....i know how much you want her to come back..but I think it's to late. We can keep trying sure but..."She stopped not wanting to say anymore. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by Ophelia on Today at 20:36:27

Gates Back In and shrugs her shoulders."I Agree With Psy. Its battle You can not win. The Decision is made. Let It Be Let It Be..."Ping Pong."God...Dammit ><;"Gates out again. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by Espiritus on Today at 20:37:13

No, Psy, she has not made her decision. A decision has been made against her will, against her desire. Neither of these two woke up the other day and decided that they would commit their lives to killing and destruction... they still have that which helped them live their lives of peace and happiness, of freedom. Nekoko, you argue that what you feel now is not enslavement? I see it otherwise. For you are Nekoko, a player of The World, not a virus-infected data bug. You are human. You desire peace, desire truth... you desire to be happy, but you are in the chains of darkness. You are lashed to an evil beyond any one of us... it will take ALL of us to prevail and live together in peace, away from all this hellish fighting, all this blood. Death, change... these are best left to nature, not to an overlord like Kesshou. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by Kuria on Today at 20:39:10

"A blind eye to how it is...because you don't know how it was is the most likely reason but go on, i'm only here to watch, I've had my battles for the day." --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by Espiritus on Today at 20:39:41

<The metal bits spang and spark against Roque's blades as he parries faster than lightning, some getting through, but most not, as his blades operate almost of their own will. He staggers, but stands his ground, and sheathes his blades, healing himself once more>

Can you not see... that there is more to life than malice? Ophelia... the darkness claims your very body, and you can barely stand up... Nekoko... do you not hear how the darkness hurts Ophelia? Can you not see its burdens with your own eyes? --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by Ophelia on Today at 20:40:08

"N-no! There has always been this part inside of me. I am kind... I do not fight, but there, inside, this joy of... power... darkness... a love of death, even of my own. I--I cannot change it. I will not. I do not want to, I do not... I cannot..." Her eyes flickered. Ophelia groaned. "I... am not going to change. I was like this once before... and here I am, again, a killer, and I feel... nothing. I do not want to change." --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by Aurelai on Today at 20:40:28

Tears welled up in the little thing's eyes....

"I do not hurt my Ophelia..." --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by Kuria on Today at 20:41:42

"But wherever there is darkness, there is light! For there to be darkness in the very first place, there must be a light to create such a shadow! You can overcome such feelings of darkness! The one who creates is more powerful then the product, Ophelia-san!" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by Aurelai on Today at 20:41:45

For each bright red tear to hit the earth, a needle shot through the air into Roque's skin, in and out, in and out, like sewing....

She whimpered in distress, her hands digging into Aurelai's arm. "No... no... It doesn't hurt. It doesn't!" Ophelia visibly pulled herself together. "I will heal! I will! I want to stay with you! We must stay together, all three of us, we must... be loyal to one another!" She shook her head violently. "I do not care about pain. Let us build a reign together, one even more powerful than before. More power--it will let us do anything, it will let us stay together! Please, please... understand." --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by Espiritus on Today at 20:43:14

The struggle of the light within her against the darkness that surrounds her casts her weight down. Hear her words! See her body! LOOK and see how she struggles! WATCH and see what happens to her! She struggles... she hurts... no, Nekoko, you do not hurt her... but the evil that pains you both hurts her. So long as you promulgate the demon, the demon will strike at you both...

Ophelia... there may be a joy of power within you, but it lies within every single one of us... we all suffer against it. It is the curse of freedom. Freedom is choice... but truth is not inherent within evil. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by KuReeJii on Today at 20:43:58

"roque you have to understand the days before you can understand why she's like that. She made her choice in the day and now she made her choice today --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by Aurelai on Today at 20:44:19

Her eyes flashed desperately. "Shut up! Feu Sang!" She hurled the ball of crimson flame at will, striking the others. "Quiet, I won't, I don't want to! Leave me alone! Don't back us into a corner!" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by Aurelai on Today at 20:45:08

The shards dug deep into his flesh and dappled a bit more crimson into the blue. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by Espiritus on Today at 20:46:18

<Roque plucks the needles out of his skin, grabbing the last one with two strong fingers from mid-air as it goes for his neck>

<He begins to chant in a low, ritualistic voice, raising one hand vertically below his chin, as if in prayer>

"No eyes... no ears... no nose... no mouth... no skin... no pain... no fear... no death..."

<As he repeats the chant, a bright white light- a fieldwide purification spell- wells within him, bolstered by Nibin's power>

<He turns to Kuria and Kureejii and looks at them, still chanting... as she hears in her mind "Lend your purity to mine... join our light... we will purge the evil. Do not fear, for we walk among the truest of friends.>

<Roque begins to levitate, leaving the ground, a wind blowing light all across the field> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by Kuria on Today at 20:46:27

"Please...don't you see how you hurt yourselves with what you do? It pains you...only the hope and joy that rests within your soul can set you free! And do you not see how worried the rest of us are because of what you are doing? You not only bring pain to yourself, but to others." She looks up to Roque and nods, closing her eyes and focusing her purity towards him. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by Ophelia on Today at 20:46:45

She half-sobbed, chest heaving. Ophelia's voice was strong, not stammering, not breaking for once. It rang out through the mist. "Hear me! I choose. I choose! I won't join you again. I made my choice... long ago... I make it again. My decision is the same! I ally myself with Kesshou! Death, pain, I don't care! I choose!" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by KuReeJii on Today at 20:47:22

"roque..."She then tapped her her staff on the ground and white light flew past her and rushed to roque healing him from the shard that did to her with nibin's power. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by Espiritus on Today at 20:47:40

<The light begins to engulf Roque, fizzling his body away, as it reaches Kuria and Kureejii... and Ophelia and Aurelai, tearing at the darkness in their blood, eradicating it... replacing it with light... struggling against the darkness...> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by Psy on Today at 20:48:34

Crosses her arms over her chest. "They just don't know when to quit do they?" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by Espiritus on Today at 20:49:12

<Roque's voice echoes through the light, bolstered by Kuria and fueled with Kureejii's healing hopes; Ophelia and Aurelia are barraged by the deep chant, growing ever louder to only their ears, reflecting in their minds, growing into their every thought...> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by Aurelai on Today at 20:49:13

Aurelai screamed at the pain, the light in her body, paining her, tearing her apart... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by Ophelia on Today at 20:49:50

She cried out and reached out to Aurelai. They were killing her.... They were killing them. Ophelia's mouth shaped pleading, begging for something, anything.

<His voice rattles the field like a small California town earlier today, rolling an imperceptible wave of force... healing, bringing back to life that which has been torn away before its time...> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by Aurelai on Today at 20:50:26

Gates Back In To Stay."Okay...Umm Roque.. KuReeJii...Kuria. I KnowYou Guys are trying TO Help Them..."Taps Her Foot A Bit." But Maybe Its Better FOr Them To Stay The Way That They Are... Aren't You Ashamed? They Picked... Your The Ones Who are trying to make them choose against Their Will! They Went Willingly To Kesshou, Now Let It Be! Please Let It BE!"

Sighs Out Of Frustration Thinking That THey Would Just Ignore Her." Ashamed..." --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by Ophelia on Today at 20:51:46

She wrapped her arms around Aurelai, tears of pain soaking into her fur, wishing... wishing... It wasn't supposed to end this way, with pain, with pain and searing light. They were three, they were supposed to stand together.

"No eyes... no ears... no nose... no mouth... no skin... no pain... no death... no eyes... no ears... no nose..." <The chant echoes, still growing in power, as Kuria too begins to levitate... her body remains intact, the winds and light grow stronger...>

<The light suddenly fades, the winds die down, and Kuria returns to the ground. Roque is nowhere to be seen>

"So you choose... so I must respect..." <a whisper floats on the wind> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by Aurelai on Today at 20:52:57

"Ophelia, Ophelia, Ophelia..." she says over and over again, drowning out the chant that was destroying them....

((Aaaaand that was just a bit late XD )) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by Psy on Today at 20:52:58

"Cut it out roque this is their decision to make not yours!" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by KuReeJii on Today at 20:53:32

"we only wish to help..."She said quietly staring at the two. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by Ophelia on Today at 20:53:59

"You don't understand! This is what we are! This is how we are! You were killing us!" Her muscles spasmed with the afterimages of agony. She breathed slowly, painfully, silently. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by Aurelai on Today at 20:54:08

She stayed there sobbing and holding her Ophelia close to herself. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by Espiritus on Today at 20:54:41

"I aimed to hurt no one... and I have indeed wronged those who I hoped only to right... so as it is, I shall not return to this place, to these fields... never shall I walk among them until those who have been forced into darkness return to the light... feel no more pain... feel no more hatred and anger..."

<The wind stops. Nothing more is said. Ophelia and Aurelai no longer hurt> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by Kuria on Today at 20:55:58

Kuria falls to her knees when she returns to the ground and looks down, her hair covering her eyes. "It is the choice...but...but it hurts...to see them suffer..." --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by Aurelai on Today at 20:56:08

"Thats How they Want To Be Roque. Stop Trying To Force Them. Let Them Be Happy."Sighs And Watches The Two" Your Trying To Help..But...It Hurts Them...Don't YOu See? Do You Feel Like Your Helping watching Them Suffer?!" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by Psy on Today at 20:56:39

"If it hurts to see them suffer then why do you make it worse?" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by Ophelia on Today at 20:56:57

She bowed her head in the quiet, just breathing, remembering what it was like to have space in your head for something other than pain. Her expression was calm, almost sad, transcendent. "I thought I'd lost you," she half-laughed, and said nothing more. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by Aurelai on Today at 20:57:42

"Ophelia, Ophelia..." she sobbed. "I was so afraid I'd hear that chant forever and ever and never hear your voice again..." --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by KuReeJii on Today at 20:58:31

"we shouldn't have tried...but....it may do them well."She said with a tear comeing down her face. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by Kuria on Today at 20:58:58

She smiled, the expression seeming more like a grimace with the new distortions of muscle and bone. Ophelia said nothing, but tightened her grip minutely, her chaotic hair hiding her face. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by Aurelai on Today at 20:59:39

"The light, I thought I was going to lose you, Ophelia..." --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by Psy on Today at 21:00:40

"...." Shakes her head with a bitter smile then stops herself before saying anything. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by Ophelia on Today at 21:01:34

She seemed as if she was going to say something, but halted. Ophelia lifted her face. The sun wasn't shining; it never did in this place. But somehow the soft light suited her.

The cool, healing light filtered dully through the mist like powder, falling on Ophelia's face like angels' dust. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by Aurelai on Today at 21:02:34

"Okay," she said quietly, smiling up at her Ophelia, fading away like dust in the wind, glitter in the breeze... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by Ophelia on Today at 21:03:06

She smiled and let go, the mist rushing in to the space where her body had been. Ophelia disappeared. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by KuReeJii on Today at 21:04:09

She smiled at a good job well done when the two left. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Putrid Hopeless SpiralPost by Psy on Today at 21:04:14

"Well that was just about as pointless as trying to beat the magic out of a witch." </lj-cut><BR>Almost forgot how fun that was. Comments on the battle? Please leave them as comments, not as separate posts. Thank you.